Because we’re traveling later in the year I’m reading as many travel narratives as possible – particularly for the countries we’re visiting. So a few weeks back, one Sunday afternoon down at Readers Feast in Bourke Street I scanned the first few pages of When in Rome and headed to the register.
It chronicles the journey of Penny Green – a Sydneyite in her late twenties, with a good job – who is seeking the elusive ’something more’. So she ventures off to Italy where she studies, waitresses, freelances and generally spends time awaiting for some life direction to come her way.
It’s not a ground-breaking read nor particularly profound but it ambles along at a nice pace and offers insights into what life as a young female foreigner in modern day Italy is like. Although I’ll be traveling Italy with JB who is of Italian background and who I will probably rely on to do most of the communicating, the observations and little tips are interesting and will hopefully be useful.
Comfortable and uncomplicated, this is a nice little travel narrative.
